Woodside to Utah

I’m back from my travels and trying to catch up on everything, including keeping up with all the photos I took in June. I last posted some photos taken during my drive to California in early June. Once I got to California I continued posting to my daily photo blog at Mike’s 365 (scroll down to June 2013), … Read more

Wyoming to San Jose

Here are a few photos I took last week during my drive to California. Also included is a shot from my bike ride last Sunday. I took this shot when I took a walk to stretch my legs at a Wyoming rest stop. :: The Carson City bike trail system is fairly extensive and a … Read more

Memorial Day 2013

We visited our local cemeteries today in honor of Memorial Day. We’ll have a traditional dinner tonight, including brats, potato salad, watermelon and more! I took a few photos while we were out. I wanted to shoot some HDR, and with the wind it was just a matter of choosing the ones with the most … Read more

Spring Ramble

(All the Pages (are my days) was first published 11 years ago today.) I took a nice country ramble today on my bike. It really is spring now, and it was beautiful on the back roads south and east of Lindsborg. I took a few photos along the way and my favorites are shown below. … Read more

30 Days of Biking: the 2nd Half

I’ve been riding my bike every day in April as part of the international #30daysofbiking challenge. I’m also doing a personal #365photo challenge, mentioned previously, and so this month am trying to take my daily photo while I’m out riding my bike! I finished the challenge by riding every single day, 30 out of 30 … Read more

30 Days of Biking

I’ve been riding my bike every day in April as part of the international #30daysofbiking challenge. I’m also doing a personal #365photo challenge, mentioned previously, and so this month am trying to take my daily photo while I’m out riding my bike! So far, I’ve ridden 14 of 14 days this month, and my photo … Read more

Misc Fractalized Images from Early 2013

Below are some of my favorite fractalized (processed with Fractalius Photoshop plugin) images from early 2013. There are a few more on Flickr. Swensson Memorial Band Shell, North Park, Lindsborg. :: Sunset on North 2nd Street. :: Lovely Medinilla flower. :: The old Lindsborg train depot. :: Blue spruce and icicles after a recent snow … Read more

Gettin’ Better

All the time. Well I know that blood pressure control starts with diet and exercise. I’ve been exercising, to the tune of 2400+ miles ridden on my bike in the past 12 months! Plus, we’ve always eaten reasonably well, not too much in the way of fast foods or fried foods. We did eat more … Read more

Mike’s 365

I’m almost 6 weeks into a  what is planned to be a year long photography project and it seems like a good time to share. As a photographic, creative and self-discipline challenge I’m taking a photo a day and posting it on a Tumblr blog called Mike’s 365. Now, I’ve done something similar in the … Read more

Photos from Early 2013

Here are some of my favorite photos from early 2013. Unless otherwise noted, I took all of the images with a Canon 5D Mk II and a Canon 24-105 lens. Larger versions of these and related photos are available on Flickr: Lindsborg Sunset Winter 2013 Early 2013 Now, on to the pictures! The first two … Read more